2414

As we wrap our series, Kids in Church, Dan and Shane process this idea of having benchmarks or milestones in our walk of faith. As babies, toddlers, children, and teens come into the church, what should their expectations be? In this episode, we dive into some goals kids can have and the importance of starting children in a church from the youngest of ages.
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The early years of an infant can be very formational for that child. The experiences they are exposed to will shape their impressions and knowledge of the world. In today's episode, Pastor Dan and Shane dive into the importance of children in church and ways we can think and pray about this topic.
Book references:
Peculiar Speech: Preaching to the Baptized
Book by William Henry Willimon
&
Loaded Words: Freeing 12 Hard Bible Words from Their Baggage
Book by Heather Choate Davis and Leann Luchinger
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Odds are if you've attended a church service, the church you attended likely had some standard procedure for parents with a child or children. Whether the kids are infants, toddlers, young, or youth, that church has made a decision on whether those kids will be in church with the parents, in Sunday school, in childcare, in a nursery, or maybe even in a "kids church" during the time of worship. In this episode, Pastor Dan and Shane are joined by Brenda Schmelling as they process their experiences growing up in the church as children and even as adults growing up in a church with kids.
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We'd like to give an enormous THANK YOU to everyone who considered and helped contribute towards our Forward Together campaign. With the total amount of the campaign funds put towards the St. Luke's mortgage, we will save over $80,000 in interest alone. So, thank you so much for your sacrifices and trust in us as we move forward together for the mission of Christ. Also, join us in this episode as Pastor Dan and Shane reflect on the sacrificial nature of giving.
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As Pastor Dan and Shane continue our Advent series, Christmas is for Kids and Christmas is for Adults, we look into memories of snow days.
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"Nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations." - Oxford Languages
We've all been there during the Christmas time when something your senses experience takes you back to a Christmas moment or holiday memory from your past. There's something almost magical about nostalgia when it overtakes your thoughts as your brain relives memories from your younger days. In today's episode, Pastor Dan and Shane have fun as they relive some of their fond memories from their childhoods. We, also, invite listeners at home to take some time to relive your own nostalgia to keep the memories alive!
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In this episode, Brenda joins Pastor David and Pastor Dan, continuing the conversation about their experiences and perspectives on giving financial support as a discipline, an act of worship, and a mutual commitment to one another.
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The Holy Spirit calls us to faith in Jesus with one another. “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.” We are called Forward Together. We look forward in hope to what God has promised and will accomplish, and we walk forward together. Our unity is in Christ: “from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love” (Ephesians 4:16). Why? “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). As Christ’s church, we’re not the same without you. We walk in faith together: Forward Together.
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Join Cinderella and Prince Topher as they go behind the scenes and between the lines to talk about the upcoming St. Luke's production of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's Cinderella (2013 Broadway Version). Listen as we dive deeper into the story that we all know and love. 

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Show times: Friday Nov. 10 ~ 7pm Saturday Nov. 11 ~ 2pm & 7pm Sunday Nov. 12 ~ 2pm Friday Nov. 17 ~ 7pm Saturday Nov. 18 ~ 2pm & 7pm Sunday Nov. 19 ~ 2pm
Location: 515 S 312th St, Federal Way, WA 98003

Eucatastrophe: "The Gospels contain a fairy-story, or a story of a larger kind which embraces all the essence of fairy-stories. They contain many marvels—peculiarly artistic, beautiful, and moving: “mythical” in their perfect, self-contained significance; and among the marvels is the greatest and most complete conceivable Eucatastrophe. But this story has entered History and the primary world; the desire and aspiration of sub-creation has been raised to the fulfillment of Creation. The Birth of Christ is the Eucatastrophe of Man's history. The Resurrection is the Eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation. This story begins and ends in joy. It has pre-eminently the “inner consistency of reality.” There is no tale ever told that men would rather find was true, and none which so many sceptical men have accepted as true on its own merits. For the Art of it has the supremely convincing tone of Primary Art, that is, of Creation. To reject it leads either to sadness or to wrath. It is not difficult to imagine the peculiar excitement and joy that one would feel, if any specially beautiful fairy-story were found to be “primarily” true, its narrative to be history, without thereby necessarily losing the mythical or allegorical significance that it had possessed…The joy would have exactly the same quality, if not the same degree, as the joy which the “turn” in a fairy-story gives: such joy has the very taste of primary truth… It looks forward (or backward: the direction in this regard is unimportant) to the Great Eucatastrophe. The Christian joy, the Gloria, is of the same kind; but it is preeminently (infinitely, if our capacity were not finite) high and joyous. But this story is supreme; and it is true. Art has been verified. God is the Lord, of angels, and of men—and of elves. Legend and History have met and fused."

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Meet Heather Choate Davis! She describes herself as "a Renaissance woman with a deeply mystical and sacramental grounding," but some might recognize he as a kind-hearted creative woman who is passionate about connecting with the people around her. In this episode, learn more about who Heather is as we discuss her latest project, Requiem in the City. Joined by Lauren and Shane Welter, hear about how Heather and Shane created the song and story of Requiem in the City as they captured the picture of a city busker coming to faith through the sacred space of church architecture and caring individuals.
Requiem in the City will be released on October 6th, 2023 on all streaming platforms including YouTube. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
To learn more about Heather, visit her website: https://heatherchoatedavis.com/

What a joy it is to be creative and to have an outlet for creative energy! Join us as we learn more about David Acuña. During the summer of 2023, David is interning with St. Luke's working on his video production abilities. We hope in this episode that you're able to learn more about who David is, how he got to where he is now, and what inspired him to want to create videos.
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As we continue our series, Can We Trust the Bible?, we continue where we left off when we discussed the canonical books of the Bible. This time, we dive into what the Apocrypha is and why the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod doesn't hold the Apocrypha to the same authority as the Bible.
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The Bible consists of 66 separate books that most people in the world would consider to make up the entirety of The Bible, but what about the various texts, documents, and other writings written around the same time as the 4 Gospels or the rest of the New Testament? Should those 'books' be in the Bible too? In this episode of 2414, Pastor Dan and Shane will dive into how certain books of the Bible were put in while others were left out.
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The road may be winding, but it brings us to where we are today. In today's episode, we hear about the journey, so far, of Adam Schmelling (husband of Brenda Segovia-Schmelling). Adam is an engineer working in the state of Washington whose roots trace back to Wisconsin. Join us as we learn what brought Adam to where he is today and how God built bridges to connect us all together in this story of life.
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In this episode of 2414, we dive further into how the Bible was copied time after time while preserving the message of its contents despite there being errors made along the way.
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"The telephone game rules are simple: Gather 3 or more players. The person starting the game thinks of a word or phrase and whispers it into the next player's ear only once, with no repeats allowed. That listener tries to correctly repeat that same word or phrase into the next player's ear." From: empoweredparents.co
The telephone game is often used as a reference when trying to describe how something might lose its credibility over time through many people. For example, someone might claim that the Bible has lost what it's trying to state because it's been copied and retold so many times. In this episode, we dive into how the Bible was transmitted or copied and what elements have been preserved or how some passages might be off from how it was originally written.
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As we continue the series, Can We Trust the Bible, in this episode, we discuss the validity of the authors who wrote the books (specifically the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). As a reference to the direction of our conversation, we use Lee Strobel's "Case for Christ" as to how and why the authors of the Gospels might have written the books and whether these books can be trusted or not.
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In today's episode of 2414, Pastor Dan and Shane continue the series, Can We Trust the Bible, and continue discussing internal references. These internal references are sections of the New Testament that reference stories of the Old Testament. Later in the episode, we look at how some books of the Bible are credited to be worthy of being in the Bible.
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"Why is the Bible true?" "Because the Bible says it is." "But how do we know that's true?" "Because the Bible says it is." These might be conversations you've heard in the past in regard to how people explain that the contents of the Bible are trustworthy. While this explanation of the Bible might be chalked up to the fallacy of "circular reasoning," digging deeper into the contents of the Bible helps us understand how these arguments can be justified... But don't just listen to what we have to say, continue the conversation with someone else about what you think.
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Outburst is a game of lists and categories similar to Family Feud. Why are we playing this game in this episode of 2414? Because it's fun, and tabletop games are a great way to experience life together while creating space for conversations and relationships. While Dan and Shane continue to struggle to play games and make up their own rules, we hope you are able to play along at home! Next week, join us as we continue our series, "Can We Trust the Bible?"
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